Cigar-machine.



No. 699,607. Patented May 6, 1902.

J. s. WINGET. CIGAR MACHINE.

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J. 8. WINGET.

CIGAR MACHINE.

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No. 699,607. Patented May 6, I902.

' J. S. WINGET.

CIGAR MACHiNE.

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No. 699,607. Patented May'6, I902.

J. S. WINGET.

CIGAR MACHINE.

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J. s. WINGET.

CIGAR MACHINE.

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JASPER STANLEY WINGET,OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

ClGAR-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,607, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed June 20,1900. Serial No. 20,962. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASPER STANLEY WIN- GET, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Cigar-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to cigar bunching and rolling machines, and more particularly to that class of manually-operated machines employed in rolling the binder around the fillers of cheroots and all-tobacco cigarettes and wrappers around cigars and to cutting mech: anism for trimming off the ends of the work.

The objects of the invention are, first, to provide a machine of this character with an adjustable sectional rolling table or support, the parts of which may be so adjusted with respect to each other as to produce any wellknown or desired shape of bunches of cheroots or cigarettes; secondly,to provide the machine with a novel form of cutting mechanism for trimming off the ends of the finished cheroot or cigarette; thirdly, to provide means for throwing the cutters out of action when it is desired to make only cigar-bunches; fourthly, to adjust the cutters to correspond to the length of the cheroot or cigarette; fifthly, to provide novel means for connecting the apron to the frame of the machine and adjusting its length to correspond with the thickness of the work to be rolled; sixthly, to provide simple means for operating the machine, and, seventhly, to provide a machine of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use,comparatively inexpensive of production, and eficient in operation.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine with the apron removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional View with the carriage in its ad vanced position. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the rolling or supporting table looking in the direction of the carriage. Fig. 5 is a detail View of one style of form used for supporting the sections of the table in proper adjustment in the rolling of abunch of a certain shape. Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the back portion of the machine, illustratin g the relative arrangement of the coacting members of one cutter; and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional View through the bunch or cigar forming roller and its bearings. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view through the rolling or supporting table, showing a convex roller working upon a concave bed-plate; and Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view through the rolling or supporting table, showing a ey1indrical roller working upon a fiat bed-plate.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the base of the machine, which may be suitably secured to the top of a table or bench in any suitable manner.

2 denotes the frame of the machine and is secured to the base. The frame consists of the back piece 3, the front piece 4, and the top piece 5, which is secured to the front and back pieces and inclines from its rear to its forward end. The rear end of the top piece is provided with a depression 7 and the forward end with a depression 8, and the central portion is formed with an enlarged opening 9, the side walls of which are provided with vertical grooves 10. The end walls of the aperture have laterally inwardly projecting flanges 11, having slots 12 at their ends.

13 denotes the rolling and supporting table, upon which the work is rolled. This table preferably consists of slats 14, the ends of which are curved or beveled and fit the grooves 10 and'have their under edges supported by forms 15, the ends of which are notched and fit in the slots 12 and are supported by metal strips 16, integral with the under side of the top piece. The shape of the work will be determined by the shape of the form and by the roller hereinafter described. If the upper end of the form be curved from one end to the other, the slats seated thereon will be given a corresponding curve or convexity, and in this event a roller having a corresponding curve or concavity will be used, so that the work will be rolled Perfecto shape. This is accomplished in the following manner: After the filler has been deposited upon the apronover the depression 8 and the carriage is forced rearward the bunch will be drawn behind the roller. The pocket-in which the bunch is held during the forward movement of the carriage will assume a shape opposite to that of the roller, because the roller will draw the apron tighter at its largest diameter, which in this case would be at its ends, and thereby cause the bunch to be smaller at that point and larger at the center, where the apron is loose. It will thus be seen that no matter whatform of bed-plate and roller is employed the cigar will be rolled in a shape opposite to that of the roller unless the said roller and bed-plate have flat surfaces, when a concha-shaped cigar will be produced, as will be hereinafter described.

17 denotes track-rods bolted or otherwise secured to the end pieces of the frame, and 18 denotes a carriage having a sliding movement upon the track-rods. This carriage is provided at each side with two sets of rollers 19 and 20, the former set engaging the lower side of the rod and the latter set engaging the upper side of the rod.

2l'denotes journal-brackets integral with the carriage and projecting upwardly above the rolling-table, and 22 denotes a shaft secured in said brackets and supporting a bunch-forming roller 23, which is adapted to move over the rolling or supporting table.

24 denotes an apron one end of which is secured to the forward end piece of the frame as follows: The forward end of the frame is provided with a transverse rib 25, with which coacts a grooved clamping-bar 26, which is secured to the end piece by set-screws 27. The forward end of the apron is placed between said rib and the clamping-bar, and when the set-screws are tightened the apron is clamped by the rib into the groove of said bar and is thereby securely retained in po sition. The rear end of the apron is connected to a shaft 28, which is journaled in bearings 29, projecting from the rear end piece of the frame. This shaft consists of two parts 30 and 31. The end of the apron is placed between these two parts, and screws 32 are used to clamp the two parts together, with the end of the apron between them. The shaft has a slight longitudinal movement in its bearings and is provided at one end with a notched wheel 33, which is adapted to coact with a fixed dog or lug 34, projecting from one of the bearings, and the other end of the shaft is provided with a hand-wheel 35, between which and the bearings is confined a coil-spring 36, which exerts its energy to hold the notched wheel into engagement with the lug and prevent the rotation of said shaft. When, however, it is desired to adjust the apron-216., shorten orlengthen itthe handwheel is grasped and the shaft slid lengthwise in its bearings to disengage the notched wheel from the dog, thus permitting the shaft to be rotated to wind the apron upon or unwind it from the shaft. Upon releasing the hand-wheel the spring will shift the shaft lengthwise and draw the notched wheel into engagement with the lug or dog, and thus hold the shaft in its adjusted position.

37 and 3S denote grooved wheels journaled one above the other to the rear piece of the frame, and 39 denotes a roller journaled to the front piece of the frame.

40 denotes a rope, which is connected in any suitable manner to the cross-bar 41 of the carriage,is rove about the forward grooved wheel,and hasits ends rove about the grooved wheels 37 and 38 and has its extremities connected to treadles 42 and 43, hinged to the floor or frame of the bench. These treadles are adapted to operate alternately to move the carriage forwardly and rearwardlyin the act of rolling the bunch.

The operation of the parts of the machine thus far described is as follows: The filler is deposited upon the apron over the depression 8 either by hand or by means of any suitable feed device and a binder or wrapper placed upon that portion of the apron immediately over the rolling or supporting table. Now by depressing the treadle 42 the carriage is forced rearward and shapes the work and rolls the binder or wrapper around the same, and when the roller reaches the depression 7 the com pleted work is deposited therein on top of the apron, and, if it be a cheroot or cigarette, may now have its ends trimmed the proper length. If it be desired to make a cigar Perfecto shape, I employ a form such as that shown in Fig. 5-that is to say, one having an upwardly-curved edgeand with this style of form I employ a roller, the periphery of which is curved inwardly from its ends. If it be desired to make the cigar of a concha shapethat is, a cigar practically straightI provideastraight roller and a form having an upper straight edge. It is of course understood that as the slats forming the shaping or supporting table are seated upon the forms they will correspond transversely to the up per edge of saidform. If the form havea straight upper edge, the. slats will present a flat surface, and if the form have a curved up per edge the slats will be curved transversely. Ifit be desired to make a cigarhaving asmaller diameter in the center and larger at the ends, I employ a form having a concave uppersurface and a roller having a convex surface, or one in which the peripheryis larger at the center than at the ends.

In the manufacture of cheroots and all-tobacco cigarettes after they have been rolled it is desirable to trim off the ends of the same.

I find the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, and which I will now proceed to describe, to be particularly applicable to this class of machines and greatly increases the efficiency of the machine. The mechanism comprises two sets of cutters 44, mounted upon a fixed shaft 45 and projecting through openings 46 in the depression 7 and made laterally adjustable on said shaft.

Each cutter consists of two coacting blades which are suitably secured upon a collar 47, laterally adj ustably secured to said shaft 45 by a set-screw 4:8.

4:9 denotes a rod extending parallel with the shaft 45 and mounted to slide in bearingslots 50, formed in the top piece of the frame. This rod passes through oppositely-disposed cam-slots 51 and 52 of the cutter-blades. The blades of the cutter project through slits 54:, formed in the apron, and the upper end of one blade projects above the rolling or sup porting table, while the upper end of the other blade is flush or slightly below the table, so that when a cheroot or cigarette is rolled off the table it will pass over the ends of the shorter blades and will be stopped in its movement by the taller blades.

In the rearward movement of the carriage in Wrapping a cheroot or cigarette the lugs 57 strike against the stops and separate the blades of each set of cutters, and the cheroot or cigarette is moved in the apron over the depression 7 and is deposited with its ends between the blades of the cutters. The treadle 43 is now depressed to draw the carriage for ward, and when the lugs 57 strike the nuts 58 the rods 55 are forced forwardly, thus closing the cutters about the cheroot or cigarette and clipping oif its ends.

In the manufacture of large bunches that are to be wrapped by other means than the machine herein described it is not desirable to trim off the ends of the bunch. Therefore the cutters are thrown out of operation by adjusting the stop-nuts 58 so as to be out of the path of movement of the lugs 57.

The cutters may be adjusted according to the length of the bunch rolled and may be held in their adjusted position by the setscrews 48.

As before stated, the machine may be fed by hand or by any suitable mechanism; but as the latter forms no part of the present invention I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate and describe it, but would have it understood that it may be employed, if desired.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring an extended explanation.

The machine has a large capacity, may be operated by unskilled labor, is simple of construction, light running, it requires a minimum amount of repairs, and the parts are so grouped that the filler and binder are under absolute control of the operator, who needs to have but little experience to make several thousand bunches per day.

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, a supporting or rolling table formed of a sories of independently-removable slats, and

interchangeable forms of different shapes on which the slats are removably seated, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine of the character described, a supporting or rolling table formed of a series of parallelindependently-removable slats extending lengthwise of the machine, and interchangeable forms of different shapes secured to the machine upon which the slats are removably seated, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame of the machine, the top of which is provided with an opening having grooves formed in the walls thereof, of interchangeable forms of different shapes secured to the top of the machine, and a supporting or rolling table composed of a series of independently-removable slats having their ends fitting in said grooves and supported by said form, substantially as set forth.

at. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with the frame of the ma chine, the top of which is provided with an opening having grooves formed in the end .walls thereof and flanges projecting inwardly from the side walls and provided with notches, of interchangeable forms of different shapes placed transversely of the opening and having their ends seated in said notches, bars secured to the under side of the top. of the machine and supporting the ends of said forms, and a table composed of a series of parallel longitudinally-extending independently-removable slats seated in said grooves and supported by said forms, substantially as set forth.

5. In a machine of the character described, a rolling or supporting table formed of a series of independently-removable slats spaced apart and interchangeable forms of different shapes on which said slats are removablyseated, substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine of the character described, a rolling or supporting table formed of a series of longitudinally-extending parallel independently-removable slats spaced apart and interchangeable forms of different shapes on which said slats are removably seated, sub stantially as set forth.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame and itsrolling-table, of an apron secured to said frame and arranged over said table, a carriage provided with a bunching-roller adapted to coact with the apron and table in forming the bunch, and means locatedinside of the edges of the apron and projecting therethrough for automatically trimming the rolled work, substantially as set forth.

8. Ina machine of the character described, the combination with the frame and its bunching mechanism, of trimming mechanism consisting of cutters located between the two.

.of cutting mechanism located between theedges of the apron and projecting therethrough supported by the frame, means for adjusting the cutting mechanism, and a connection between the cutting mechanism and the carriage for actuating said cutting mechanism, substantially as set forth.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame provided with a rolling-table, an apron, and a carriage provided with a shaping-roller, of a cutter consisting of two blades provided with oppositely-disposed cam-slots, a sliding rod extending through said slots, and a connection between the sliding rod and the carriage for actuating the blades by the movement of the carriage, substantially as set forth.

11. In a trimming apparatus for a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame of the machine, of a shaft extending transversely of the frame, cutting mechanism pivoted to said shaft and provided with oppositely-disposed cam-slots, and a rod extendingthrough said slots and having its ends held in guiding-slots in which the rod is moved back and forth and connected with some movable part of the machine for actuating the blades of the cutting mechanism, substantially as set forth.

12. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame and its rolling-table, of cutting mechanism arranged at one end of the frame and consisting of two oppositely-disposed blades arranged between the two edges of the apron and projecting through suitable openings therein and one of which projects above the surface of the rolling-table and the other of which flush with or below the surface and in advance of the'first-named blade, and connections between some movable part of the machine for actuating the blades by the movement of the machine, substantially as set forth.

13. In a machine of the character described the combination with the frame, the top piece of which is provided with a rolling-table, depressions arranged at the top forwardly and rearwardly of the rolling-table, of an apron extending over the rolling-table'and depressions and fixed at its ends, a reciprocatorycarriage provided with a shaping-roller to travel over said table, cutting mechanism located in the depression at the rear end of the table, and connections between the cutting mechanism whereby the cutting mechanism is actuated by the movement of the carriage to trim the ends of the rolled work, substantially as set forth.

14; In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame provided with journalbrackets having a lug projecting therefrom, of a longitudinally-divided shaft, an apron clamped between the divided parts of said shaft, a notched wheel secured to one end of the shaft and adapted to coact with the lug projecting from thefjournal-brackets, and a spring confined between a fixed part of the machine and a shoulder on said shaft exerting its energy to hold the notched wheel into engagement with the fixed lug, substantially as set forth.

15. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame consisting of front and end pieces and a top connecting the two together, the front and rear pieces being provided with roller-bearings, of a rolling-table secured to the top, track-rods connecting the front and rear pieces, a carriage mounted to slide upon said track, an apron secured to said frame over the rolling-table, and a rope secured to said carriage having one end passed around a pulley carried by the forward end piece and having both its ends then passed around a pulley carried by the rear end piece and connected to treadles, substantially as set forth.

16. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rolling or supporting table formed of a series of interchangeable parallel slats, of interchangeable bunchingrollers of different shapes operating over said table and provided with a periphery of varying diameter.

17. In a machine of the character described, a rolling or supporting table having a curved upper surface formed of a series of interchangeable slats, combined with a bunchingroller operating over said table and having different diameters at different points in its length.

18. In a machine of the character described, a rolling or supporting table having a curved upper surface formed of a series of interchangeable parallel slats spaced apart, combined with a bunching-roller operating over said table, the periphery of the roller having a curvature opposite that of the upper surface of the table to produce a cigar of a shape opposite that of the roller.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. STANLEY WINGET. Witnesses:

BENJ. E. CoWL, SAML. A. DRURY. 

